Canto
9
Chapter 5: Durvâsâ Saved: the Cakra-prayers of Ambarîsha
(1) S'rî S'uka said: 'Durvâsâ ['the difficulty of residing'] who being harassed by the cakra thus was instructed by the Lord, approached Ambarîsha and clasped sorrowfully his lotus feet. (2) Seeing him thus engaged in touching his feet, Ambarîsha felt ashamed and therefore offered, most embarrassed as he was in his mercy, prayers to the [disc] weapon of the Lord [see also 6.8: 23]. (3) Ambarîsha said: 'You are the fire, the supreme power of the sun and the moon. You are the master of all the luminaries, the waters, the earth, the sky, the air and the senses and their objects. (4) Oh direct presence and auspicious vision [or Sudars'ana], you with your thousands of spokes I offer my obeisances, oh love of the Infallible One. You are the defeat of all weapons, please be favorable unto this brahmin, oh ruler of the world. (5) You are the dharma, the original nature and the religion, you are the reality and the truth, you are the sacrifice and the enjoyer of the sacrifice who maintains the worlds. You are the soul of all and the prowess of the Transcendental Supreme Personality. (6) All my respects for you, the auspicious center of spin, the measure for the complete of nature who are like a fire of destruction to the unenlightened souls who lack in pious conduct. You, the keeper of the three worlds with a wonderful effulgence, are of a supreme goodness and act as fast as the mind I try to voice. (7) By your strength, which carries all religiousness, the darkness is dissipated and all directions are illuminated. Your glories are unsurpassable for the great personalities, oh master of speech; your manifestation comprises all things manifest and unmanifest, superior and lower. (8) When you are sent to the fighters of the Daityas and Dânavas by the Transcendental Personality, oh indefatigable one, you, staying on the battlefield, never tire to sever their arms and bellies, necks, thighs and legs. (9) You, oh protector of the universe, are engaged by the all-powerful Wielder of the Mace [Lord Vishnu] to defeat the wicked ones. Please be so good and have mercy with this scholar and therewith also have mercy with us and our dynasty! (10) If there is charity, if the worship of the deity and the duties are properly performed, and if our dynasty is blessed by the scholars, may this brahmin then be free from having to burn [with you]? (11) When the one Supreme Lord, the reservoir of all qualities, is satisfied about us, may then from His love as the true self of all living beings, this twice-born soul be spared from the fire?'
(12) S'rî S'uka said: 'After the disc weapon of the Lord named Sudars'ana thus was being prayed to by the king, it, because of his petitioning, stopped to harass the scholar from all sides. (13) Durvâsâ, being freed from the heat of the fire of the weapon, most contented then praised the king, that ruler of the earth, with the best wishes. (14) He said: 'Today I have seen the greatness of the servants of the Eternal One. Despite the wrong I perpetrated, you, oh King, have prayed for my welfare! (15) What indeed would be too difficult or impossible to forsake, for those saintly, great souls, who managed to achieve the leader Hari, the Supreme Lord of the Devotees? (16) By simply hearing the holy name of Him whose lotus feet are the holy places [the temples etc.], a person becomes purified. What else would there remain for devotees to engage in? (17) Oh King, by what you did in response to my offenses, you, by being so very kind, have favored me very much and have thus saved my life!'
(18) The king had been fasting when Durvâsâ returned. Wishing to please him, he fell at his feet and fed him sumptuously. (19) After having eaten from the different foodstuffs that, catering to every taste, were offered with the greatest care, he thus fully being satisfied said to the king: 'Please join and eat with me', and thus proved his respect. (20) [He continued:] 'I am very happy with your mercy. Seeing you, a pure devotee with his intelligence fixed on the Lord and touching your feet, talking to you and enjoying your hospitality, I am much obliged. (21) The purity of the things you have done, will for ever be sung by the damsels of heaven; the world will never tire to sing the glory of your supreme virtue!'
(22) S'rî S'uka continued: 'Thus glorifying the king, Durvâsâ, being satisfied in all respects, took permission to leave that place. Ascending to heaven he reached the abode of Brahmâ where ulterior motives have no place. (23) With the great muni not returning, a whole year passed in which the king, wishing to see him again, had restricted himself to drinking water only. (24) Upon Durvâsâ's return Ambarîsha offered him the best food that was available and would befit a brahmin. Seeing how the sage had been released from the sin, he understood that he also owed his strength to his devotion to the Supreme One [see also B.G. 6: 47]. (25) Thus being blessed with all good qualities, the king, with the many duties he observed, was of devotion to the Supersoul, the Supreme Spirit and Vâsudeva, actions from which [one realizes that] the higher one climbs the deeper one falls [compare 6.17: 28].'
(26) S'rî S'uka said: 'Ambarîsha, as the wisest one, divided his kingdom among his equally qualified sons, entered the forest to fix his mind on the True Self of Vâsudeva, and thus vanquished the waves [the gunas] of the ocean of matter. (27) Either by praising and reading this pious story or by regularly meditating on it, one becomes a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (28) It is the mercy of Lord Vishnu that everyone who hears about the character of this great soul Ambarîsha will find liberation through his devotion.'
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S'rî S'uka said: 'Durvâsâ ['the difficulty of residing'] who being harassed by the cakra thus was instructed by the Lord, approached Ambarîsha and clasped sorrowfully his lotus feet.S'rî S'uka said: 'Durvâsâ [meaning: 'the difficulty of residing'] who, harassed by the cakra, thus was directed by the Lord, approached Ambarîsha and caught most aggrieved his lotus feet. (Vedabase)
Seeing him thus engaged in touching his feet, Ambarîsha felt ashamed and therefore offered, most embarrassed as he was in his mercy, prayers to the [disc] weapon of the Lord [see also 6.8: 23].
Seeing him engaged in that practice of touching his feet felt Ambarîsha ashamed and offered he thus, embarrassed as he was in his mercy, prayers to the weapon of the Lord [see also 6.8: 23]. (Vedabase)
Ambarîsha said: 'You are the fire, the supreme power of the sun and the moon. You are the master of all the luminaries, the waters, the earth, the sky, the air and the senses and their objects.
Ambarîsha said: 'You are the fire, the supreme power of the sun and the moon you are, you are the master of all the luminaries, the waters, the earth, the sky, the air, and the senses and their objects. (Vedabase)
Oh direct presence and auspicious vision [or Sudars'ana], you with your thousands of spokes I offer my obeisances, oh love of the Infallible One. You are the defeat of all weapons, please be favorable unto this brahmin, oh ruler of the world.
O acute presence and auspicious vision [or Sudars'ana], my obeisances unto you with your thousands of spokes, o love of the Infallible One, you are the defeat of all weapons, be favorable unto this brahmin, o master over the world. (Vedabase)
You are the dharma, the original nature and the religion, you are the reality and the truth, you are the sacrifice and the enjoyer of the sacrifice who maintains the worlds. You are the soul of all and the prowess of the Transcendental Supreme Personality.
You are the dharma, the original nature and religion, you encourage the statements of the Ultimate Truth, you are the full and complete enjoyer of the results of the sacrifices and maintain the variety of the worlds; the all-pervading prowess you are of the Transcendental Personality. (Vedabase)
All my respects for you, the auspicious center of spin, the measure for the complete of nature who are like a fire of destruction to the unenlightened souls who lack in pious conduct. You, the keeper of the three worlds with a wonderful effulgence, are of a supreme goodness and act as fast as the mind I try to voice.
All my respect for you, the auspicious center of spin, the measure of the complete nature, who indeed art like a bad omen to the unenlightened bereft of the religion; the maintainer of the three worlds you are, the supreme goodness acting with a wonderful effulgence and as fast as the mind I try to voice. (Vedabase)
By your strength, which carries all religiousness, the darkness is dissipated and all directions are illuminated. Your glories are unsurpassable for the great personalities, oh master of speech; your manifestation comprises all things manifest and unmanifest, superior and lower.
By your strength which carries all religiousness is the darkness dissipated and are all directions illumined; for the great personalities are your glories unsurpassable, o master of speech, your manifestation comprises the manifest and unmanifest, the superior and the lower. (Vedabase)
When you are sent to the fighters of the Daityas and Dânavas by the Transcendental Personality, oh indefatigable one, you, staying on the battlefield, never tire to sever their arms and bellies, necks, thighs and legs.
When you by the Transcendental Personality are sent to the fighters of the Daityas and Dânavas, o indefatigable one, do you, staying on the battlefield, never tire to sever their arms and bellies, thighs and legs. (Vedabase)
You, oh protector of the universe, are engaged by the all-powerful Wielder of the Mace [Lord Vishnu] to defeat the wicked ones. Please be so good and have mercy with this scholar and therewith also have mercy with us and our dynasty!
For the person of learning that I am, is your good self, o protector of the universe, the one who, empowered by the Full Authority of the Club, is engaged in bringing defeat; please may we enjoy the favor of your doing good to the fortune of our dynasty? (Vedabase)
If there is charity, if the worship of the deity and the duties are properly performed, and if our dynasty is blessed by the scholars, may this brahmin then be free from having to burn [with you]?
If there is charity, the worship of the deity and the duties are properly performed, and if our dynasty is blessed by the scholars, may this twiceborn soul then be free from burning [down] with you. (Vedabase)
When the one Supreme Lord, the reservoir of all qualities, is satisfied about us, may then from His love as the true self of all living beings, this twice-born soul be spared from the fire?'
When by us the one Supreme Lord, the reservoir of all qualities and life and soul of all living beings, is satisfied, may this twiceborn soul then be freed from the fire?' (Vedabase)
S'rî S'uka said: 'After the disc weapon of the Lord named Sudars'ana thus was being prayed to by the king, it, because of his petitioning, stopped to harass the scholar from all sides.
S'rî S'uka said: 'When the disc weapon of the Lord named Sudars'ana thus was glorified by the King ceased it because of his prayers with all its harrassing the learned one. (Vedabase)
Durvâsâ, being freed from the heat of the fire of the weapon, most contented then praised the king, that ruler of the earth, with the best wishes.
He, Durvâsâ, freed from the heat of the fire of the weapon most contented then praised him, the ruler of the earth, the king he blessed with the highest benedictions. (Vedabase)
He said: 'Today I have seen the greatness of the servants of the Eternal One. Despite the wrong I perpetrated, you, oh King, have prayed for my welfare!
Durvâsâ said: 'What a greatness may I witness today of the servants of the Eternal One; despite of the wrong I perpetrated have you, o King, prayed for my good fortune! (Vedabase)
What indeed would be too difficult or impossible to forsake, for those saintly, great souls, who managed to achieve the leader Hari, the Supreme Lord of the Devotees?
What indeed would be difficult to do or impossible to forsake for those saintly, great souls, those persons who reached the leader, Hari, the Supreme Lord of the Devotees. (Vedabase)
By simply hearing the holy name of Him whose lotus feet are the holy places [the temples etc.], a person becomes purified. What else would there remain for devotees to engage in?
What is there else to do for the servants if by simply hearing the holy name of Him whose lotus feet are the holy places, a person becomes purified? (Vedabase)
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Oh King, by what you did in response to my offenses, you, by being so very kind, have favored me very much and have thus saved my life!'
O King, you so utterly merciful have, in control with my offenses, favored me very much and doing so that way saved my life.' (Vedabase)
The king had been fasting when Durvâsâ returned. Wishing to please him, he fell at his his feet and fed him sumptuously.
The King, who had awaited his return fasting, was of mercy for him in every way and desired to approach his feet feeding him sumptuously. (Vedabase)
After having eaten from the different foodstuffs that, catering to every taste, were offered with the greatest care, he thus fully being satisfied said to the king: 'Please join and eat with me', and thus proved his respect.
He after having eaten of the different foodstuffs that, catering to every taste, were given with the greatest respect, said thus fully satisfied to the king: 'Please partake', and proved this way his care. (Vedabase)
[He continued:] 'I am very happy with your mercy. Seeing you, a pure devotee with his intelligence fixed on the Lord and touching your feet, talking to you and enjoying your hospitality, I am much obliged.
[He continued:] 'I'm very happy to be favored so much by the purity of your devotion; indeed am I, seeing you, touching your feet, talking to you and enjoying your hospitality, much obliged. (Vedabase)
The purity of the things you have done, will for ever be sung by the damsels of heaven; the world will never tire to sing the glory of your supreme virtue!'
The purity of the things you've done will for ever be sung by the maidens of heaven; the entire world will never cease singing the glory of your supreme virtue!' (Vedabase)
S'rî S'uka continued: 'Thus glorifying the king, Durvâsâ, being satisfied in all respects, took permission to leave that place. Ascending to heaven he reached the abode of Brahmâ where ulterior motives have no place.
S'rî S'uka continued: 'Thus glorifying the king took Durvâsâ, satisfied in all respects, permission to leave that place and rose he to the heavens of the abode of Brahmâ where no other ulterior motive holds. (Vedabase)
With the great muni not returning, a whole year passed in which the king, wishing to see him again, had restricted himself to drinking water only.
One complete year had passed and for the time that the great muni had not returned had the king, desiring to see him again, restricted himself to only drinking water. (Vedabase)
Upon Durvâsâ's return Ambarîsha offered him the best food that was available and would befit a brahmin. Seeing how the sage had been released from the sin, he understood that he also owed his strength to his devotion to the Supreme One [see also B.G. 6: 47].
Upon Durvâsâ's return gave Ambarîsha him the best food available to eat that would befit a twiceborn one and understood he, seeing how the sage had been released from the sin, that he owed his strength to his devotion for the Supreme [see also B.G. 6: 47]. (Vedabase)
Thus being blessed with all good qualities, the king, with the many duties he observed, was of devotion to the Supersoul, the Supreme Spirit and Vâsudeva, actions from which [one realizes that] the higher one climbs the deeper one falls [compare 6.17: 28].
Thus blessed with all good qualities was the king of devotion for the Supersoul, the Supreme Spirit and for Vâsudeva with the many duties he observed, keeping with them always in mind that with whatever one does from the highest position in heaven to the lowest in hell one must take care [to remember the difference between that what is to the letter and that what is to the spirit; compare: 6.17: 28].' (Vedabase)
S'rî S'uka said: 'Ambarîsha, as the wisest one, divided his kingdom among his equally qualified sons, entered the forest to fix his mind on the True Self of Vâsudeva, and thus vanquished the waves [the gunas] of the ocean of matter.
S'rî S'uka said: 'Thus did Ambarîsha, as the wisest dividing his kingdom among his equally qualified sons, enter the forest setting his mind to the True Self that is Vâsudeva and vanquished he the waves [the gunas] of the material ocean. (Vedabase)
Either by praising and reading this pious story or by regularly meditating on it, one becomes a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
As a consequence of reciting or regularly meditating this tale of piety can one become a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Vedabase)
It is the mercy of Lord Vishnu that everyone who hears about the character of this great soul Ambarîsha will find liberation through his devotion.'
All those who hear of the character of this great soul Ambarîsha will simply through bhakti by the mercy of Vishnu advance towards the end that is the liberation.' (Vedabase)
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